SB497: relative to renewal of electrician's licenses.

CHAPTER 63

SB 497-FN – FINAL VERSION

2004 SESSION

04-3218

08/09

SENATE BILL 497-FN

AN ACT relative to renewal of electrician’s licenses.

SPONSORS: Sen. Flanders, Dist 7; Rep. Infantine, Hills 54

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill extends license renewals from 1 year to 3 years, and requires apprentice electricians to register with the board.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04-3218

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT relative to renewal of electrician’s licenses.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

63:1 Electricians; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 319-C:6-a, VII to read as follows:

VII. Procedures and policy for the investigation of complaints against licensees or registrants;

63:2 New Paragraph; Apprentice Electrician Registration. Amend RSA 319-C:7 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. Apprentice electricians shall register with the board.

63:3 Electricians; Examinations. Amend RSA 319-C:8 to read as follows:

319-C:8 Examinations for License. Each applicant for licensure shall present to the board, on forms furnished by the board, a written application for examination and license, containing such information as the board may require, accompanied by the required fee established by the board. Examinations shall be written or written and oral and shall be of a thorough and practical character. They shall include such provisions of the National Electrical Code as the board may deem appropriate. Any person failing to pass his or her first examination may be reexamined at any subsequent examination meeting of the board [within one calendar year after such first examination without additional fee], and thereafter may be examined as often as he or she may desire upon the payment of the required fee as set forth in this chapter.

63:4 Electricians; Renewal of Licenses. Amend RSA 319-C:9, I to read as follows:

I. Notwithstanding any outstanding license to the contrary, all licenses issued by the board shall be valid for 3 years and expire on the last day of the month of the licensee's birth, but may be renewed without additional fees during the following month, retroactive to the first day of the month. Upon payment of the normal renewal fee and a late fee, licenses which have been expired for at least one month shall be permitted to be renewed within one year after the date of expiration. The fees for renewal and late renewal of a license issued under this chapter shall be established by the board.

63:5 Electricians; Disciplinary Action. Amend RSA 319-C:12, I (b) to read as follows:

(b) Upon written complaint of any person which charges that a person certified or registered by the board has committed misconduct under paragraph II and which specifies the grounds therefor.

63:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

(Approved: May 3, 2004)

(Effective Date: July 1, 2004)